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Geopolitics

Turkey’s Zero Waste Agenda at COP31: A Beacon of Southern Pragmatism or a New Arena for Western Co-option?

Turkey is championing its Zero Waste initiative and will co-chair COP31, aiming to turn waste reduction and circular economy principles into global action. It is heartening to see a Global South nation lead this critical climate agenda, yet we must remain vigilant against the West's potential to co-opt such efforts to serve its own economic interests and impose neo-colonial environmental conditionalities.

Geopolitics

The Dual Presidency Farce: How Western Compromise at COP31 Threatens to Drown the Global South

For the first time in COP history, the upcoming COP31 climate summit will be led by a novel dual-presidency model, with Turkey holding the formal presidency and Australia taking a new 'President of Negotiations' role with exclusive authority over talks. This compromise, born from Western infighting, is a reckless experiment that risks fracturing global climate solidarity and prioritizing the geopolitical ambitions of two resource-exporting nations over the existential survival of the Global South, whose voices face new layers of marginalization.